North American Soccer League 1979

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Statistics of North American Soccer League in season 1979.

Contents 1 Overview 2 Regular Season 2.1 NATIONAL CONFERENCE 2.1.1 Eastern Division 2.1.2 Central Division 2.1.3 Western Division 2.2 AMERICAN CONFERENCE 2.2.1 Eastern Division 2.2.2 Central Division 2.2.3 Western Division 3 Knockout stage 3.1 First round 3.2 Quarter-finals 3.3 Semi-finals 3.4 Final 4 References

[edit] Overview

It was fought in 24 teams, and Vancouver Whitecaps won in Tampa Bay Rowdies in the finals of August 27 and won the championship.

[edit] Regular Season

[edit] NATIONAL CONFERENCE

[edit] Eastern Division

	V	P	GF	GS	PT
New York Cosmos	24	6	84	52	216
Washington Diplomats	19	11	68	50	172
Toronto Blizzard	14	16	52	65	133
Rochester Lancers	15	15	43	57	132

[edit] Central Division

	V	P	GF	GS	PT
Minnesota Kicks	21	9	67	48	184
Dallas Tornado	17	13	53	51	152
Tulsa Roughnecks	14	16	61	56	139
Atlanta Chiefs	12	18	60	60	121

[edit] Western Division

	V	P	GF	GS	PT
Vancouver Whitecaps	20	10	54	34	172
Los Angeles Aztecs	18	12	62	47	162
Seattle Sounders	13	17	58	52	125
Portland Timbers	11	19	50	75	122

[edit] AMERICAN CONFERENCE

[edit] Eastern Division

	V	P	GF	GS	PT
Tampa Bay Rowdies	19	11	67	46	169
Fort Lauderdale Strikers	17	13	75	65	165
Philadelphia Fury	10	20	55	60	111
New England Tea Men	12	18	41	56	110

[edit] Central Division

	V	P	GF	GS	PT
Houston Hurricane	22	8	61	46	187
Chicago Sting	16	14	70	62	159
Detroit Express	14	16	60	56	133
Memphis Rogues	6	24	38	74	73

[edit] Western Division

	V	P	GF	GS	PT
California Surf	15	15	53	56	140
San Diego Sockers	15	15	59	55	140
Edmonton Drillers	8	22	43	78	88
San Jose Earthquakes	8	22	41	74	86

[edit] Knockout stage

[edit] First round

			And.	Rit.	Shootout
Philadelphia Fury	-	Houston Hurricane	2 - 1	2 - 1		August 14 , 20
Detroit Express	-	Tampa Bay Rowdies	0 - 3	3 - 1		August 15 , 19
Chicago Sting	-	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	2 - 0	0 - 0		August 15 , 18
San Diego Sockers	-	California Surf	4 - 2	7 - 2		August 15 , 18
Tulsa Roughnecks	-	Minnesota Kicks	2 - 1	2 - 1		August 15 , 19
Dallas Tornado	-	Vancouver Whitecaps	3 - 2	1 - 2		August 15 , 18
Los Angeles Aztecs	-	Washington Diplomats	3 - 1	4 - 1		August 15 , 19
Toronto Blizzard	-	New York Cosmos	1 - 3	0 - 2		August 16 , 20

[edit] Quarter-finals

			And.	Rit.	Shootout
San Diego Sockers	-	Chicago Sting	2 - 0	1 - 0		August 22 , 25
Los Angeles Aztecs	-	Vancouver Whitecaps	3 - 2	0 - 1	0 - 1	August 22 , 25
Philadelphia Fury	-	Tampa Bay Rowdies	2 - 3	0 - 1		August 23 , 25
Tulsa Roughnecks	-	New York Cosmos	3 - 0	0 - 3	0 - 3	August 23 , 26

[edit] Semi-finals

			And.	Rit.	Shootout
Vancouver Whitecaps	-	New York Cosmos	2 - 0	2 - 3	1 - 0	August 29 , September 1
San Diego Sockers	-	Tampa Bay Rowdies	2 - 1	2 - 3	1 - 0	August 30 , September 2

[edit] Final

August 27	Vancouver Whitecaps	2 – 1	Tampa Bay Rowdies	East Rutherford (NJ), Giants Stadium

[edit] References

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